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The Land of One Horned Rhino-Kaziranga

No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino. Sad but the bitter truth about these magnificent animals been killed by the poachers for trading their horns, the same horn which is made of the protein - Keratin ,the key component of our nails.It is like getting killed for your fingernails. So those that think Rhino Horn has medicinal powers, should eat their own fingernails.All five species of Rhinos are in danger of being hunted to extinction for their horns for something which is not clear nor proved to have any medicinal purpose. We had to take 2 buses to reach kaziranga National park from Dimapur. Dimapur to RangaJaan and RangaJaan to Kaziranga . There was a direct bus from Dimapur to Kaziranga, but we missed it. Cost per person from Dimapur to kaziranga would be around Re 150/- Since this part of the world gets darker soon, by the time we reached kaziranga though 5 PM it was already dark. While in Nagaland we met a driver...

Travel Photos - It's better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.

Sakleshpur Railway Trek , Karnataka The Green Route "Trek on the Railway Track", is a stretch of track from Sakleshpur to the Subramanya railroad station.This track, that traverses some distance of the Western Ghats, had been abandoned, but now the track has been converted to broad-gauge. It forms a part of 56.80 km stretch from Sakleshpur to Kukke Subrahmanya, dotted by 58 tunnels, 109 bridges and about 25 waterfalls. Dubare Elephant Camp, Coorg Situated on the banks of River Cauvery and around 30kms from Coorg,Dubare Elephant camp gives an opportunity to the visitors to give elephant a bath. Hoysala Architecture at Somanthapura Somanathapura is famous for the Chennakesava Temple and has one of the best Hoysala architecture.It is around 130kms from Bangalore and is one of the best day trips. Read more :  Somanathapura Blog Sunrise at Nanjungud There’s a sunrise and a sunset every ...